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Geller

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Geller (/ˈɡɛlər/ GHEL-ər) is a surname. Depending on one's ancestors' origins, the name may derive from a place name (Geldern in Germany or Gelderland in the Netherlands) or the German word gellen ('to yell'; Middle High German geln, gëllen)[1] meaning 'one who yells'; less probably from the Yiddish word gel ('yellow') meaning the 'yellow man', or the Yiddish word geler, an expression for a redheaded man. It may also be a Russianized respelling of Heller or a variant of the Hungarian first name Gellért. The name appears with some frequency in northwestern Germany, near the city of Aachen.

The following people have the last name Geller:

The following fictional characters also have the last name Geller:

Geller may also refer to:

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  1. ^ Kohlheim, Rosa; Kohlheim, Volker, eds. (2005). Duden Familiennamen: Herkunft und Bedeutung von 20 000 Nachnamen (in German) (2 ed.). Mannheim: Dudenverlag. p. 270. ISBN 3-411-70852-2.

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